Posted on 07/18/2018 10:43:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Food stamp participation dropped below 40 million for the first time in eight years, according to the latest numbers on food stamp enrollment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The most recent USDA data reveals that 39,604,428 people were enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—the program that administers food stamps—as of April 2018. The last time enrollment dipped below 40 million was in February 2010, when 39,588,993 people received SNAP benefits.
The latest data on enrollment shows that overall enrollment in the food stamp program has reached historic lows, reaching its lowest point in eight years.
But food stamp enrollment has been steadily declining over the past few months, keeping pace with the downward trend in SNAP participation since 2013.
Using the latest data from the USDA, here is the month-by-month breakdown of how many people discontinued their SNAP benefits in fiscal year (FY) 2018:
October to November- 4,015,110
November to December- 358,242
December to January- 734,178
January to February- 608,039
February to March- 32,294
March to April- 494,961
The Trump administration’s push to reform the country’s welfare system combined with favorable economic conditions in the U.S. might have contributed to the decline in people seeking assistance from the welfare program.
Under Trump, 2.5 million fewer people discontinued their participation in SNAP, mainly due to the Trump administration’s attempts to keep down program costs at the federal and state levels.
The USDA announced in March that it hired an “integrity officer” to boost the administration’s efforts to prevent fraud in the country’s food stamp program and announced in February the rollout of its “Harvest Box” program to give SNAP recipients a box of food as part of their monthly benefits package.
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I like to call it the Obama Holocaust. A lot of lives were destroyed because of that mofo, not only here but overseas as well, and God knows how many lives have been lost so far because of the Obamacare scam. A friend of mine just died of cancer, self employed couldn’t afford Obamacare so he didn’t bother getting checked out until it was too late.
So much winning!
Dems must be livid!!
More WINNING
IF Trump order EVERY single person on welfare to re-qualify,
Their remaining eligible number would be about 20% of current numbers, IMO.
Use the money saved to BUILD THE WALL.
Say what? fewer people discontinued? My head hurts trying to understand what the author was trying to say.
I have begun noticing a lot of good things happening that have that phrase; “First time in 8 years”. Gee, what happened 8 years ago?
That’s about $800 worth of weave right there.
Well, they may not necessarily be 'muricans.
“Under Trump, 2.5 million fewer people discontinued their participation in SNAP,...”
This looks like another case of writing the opposite of what was intended. I could be wrong but it looks suspicious.
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